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Carla pants and hyperventilates as she runs through the neverending forest. Her throat bubbles as she feels like the frost was getting to her lungs and her legs ache from running.

"What do they want from me?" she thought. "What else do I not know?!"

Carla kept running but in all honesty, she had no idea where she was going. She was for sure going to get lost the more she ran. All she knows is that she's in the outer part of Shiganshina District in the woods. Not only does she not have food, water, or shelter but there's a prisoner chasing after her.

"Micheal! Where are you?!" Carla calls out even though she knows she won't get an answer. "Save me!"

Carla yells and runs frantically as tears start coming out of her eyes because of the wind going against it as she ran. Then, she saw trees ending and the light of the sun. Becoming, hopeful she runs faster to reveal the gate of Shiganshina District. She smiles and runs towards the gate.

"Maybe someone can help me there."

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Micheal, Mia, Ben, and the Braus family sit down at the table eating the delicious and scrumptious meal of Chef Nicolo.

"I'm going to head to the restroom." Micheal announced and a few "ok" and "stay safe" escaped everyone's mouths at the table.

Micheal left the table to go to the restroom. He did his urinating and washed his hands. All of a sudden there were sudden shouts in a room close by. Micheal grew suspicious and left the bathroom to check it out.

At the front of the entrance, the Scouts were at the entrance of the building.

"What do you guys want?" Nicolo ask. Y/N was sure he was cooking a big meal.

"You must have a lot of customers. We can talk to you after you're done." Hange points out.

"Talk about what?" Nicolo asked, clearly irritated and annoyed with stress.

"We're investigating our detainment. We were hoping you can help." Onyankopon says.

"Fine. Follow me." Nicolo orders and the Scouts + Onyankopon comply. "Wait here." Nicolo says as he brings them to a room.

"Heyy, this is the wine everyone's been talking about. They say only high ranking officers can drink it." Jean says as he picks up a wine bottle.

"Aren't we high ranked?" asked Connie.

"Yeah, we can have a sip, right?-" Jean said.

"Don't touch that!" Nicolo exclaimed as he snatched the wine bottle away. "We-We can't waste this wine on Eldians like you!"

"Huh?! The booze doesn't care what race we are! Besides, we were just screwing around!" Jean yelled back. "Don't forget who you are. You're-"

"--a filthy captured Marleyan who works at a restaurant. Makes us even, Eldian." Nicolo says he makes his way towards the wine cellar.

Micheal leaves the bathroom to see Mia and Ben going down to the wine cellar. As Mia, Ben and Nicolo talk, Micheal listens in behind the stair railing.

"We're Warrior candidates from Marley! And there is going to be an attack on Paradis soon. Tell all of your Marleyan comrades!" Mia's chirpy voice said and Micheal could've sworn his blood ran cold.

Warrior candidates killed his sister.

Warrior candidates killed Sasha. But they said the kids got on a retrieving airship, so it couldn't possibly be them, right?

"Wha-What are warrior candidates doing here?" Nicolo's shaking voice asked.

"Not too long ago, Paradis attacked my home land: Liberio. So we both bravely went on the retrieving airship!" Mia said happily.

Micheal felt anger and sadness.

"You..." Micheal thought. "You poor things... Marley does this to children?" is what Micheal thought. He felt angry that Marley raises children like Mia. Sadness for Mia's loss of mind and anger towards Marley's arrogance.

"Did you... kill a female soldier?" Nicolo asked. Micheal peeked from the railing to see Nicolo gripping the wine bottle and his eyes widened.

"Yes! I took her down! I made the devils take a loss!" Mia said as Ben frantically trying to make her stop since he must have been catching on as well.

"So you did it! You killed Sasha!" Nicolo yelled with tears in his eyes and swung the bottle at Mia. At this point, Micheal got out of his hiding spot and tried to save both Mia and Ben (which Ben was taking the hit for Mia) but missed as Ben took the hit and the red wine splashed in the mouth of Micheal.

"Nicolo, that's enough." Micheal said with a stern voice.

(A/N: scrolling through pinterest and saw a fanart that looks EXACTLY how I imagine Micheal. So yes this is Micheal.)
Credits | ArtStation

Nicolo's eyes widen as he saw Micheal's mouth was covered with red wine. "Micheal! Wash your mouth right now!" Nicolo orders as he see's Micheal licking his lips.

"I'm not concerned about how presentable I look! You just hit a child with a wine bottle!" Micheal yells.

"Well this 'child' killed your younger sister!" Nicolo screamed in agony.

"I know that!" Micheal yelled. "Just... just stop, alright?" Micheal says. Micheal peeks down at Mia and gives her a reassuring smile as Mia's nose bled.

Nicolo grits his teeth before picking up Ben and holding a knife to his throat making Micheal's eyes widen.

"Nicolo-"

"I just want to avenge Sasha. Take the girl if you don't want him to die." Nicolo says and Micheal quickly helps Mia up and holds her hand - the same hands that used a rifle to shoot Sasha right in the gut.

Nicolo(carrying Ben), Micheal, and Mia get to the dining room where the Braus's were eating.

Nicolo and Mia then went on with an argument with who was right or wrong.

Y/N mindlessly tapped the table as she stared out into the town through the window.

"Guys, this is bad! Get in here quick!" Y/N hears Armin's voice call out.

The Scouts all gather in the room to see the child who shot Sasha, Nicolo, and the Braus in the room.

"Wait- Micheal?" Y/N says and Micheal turns around to see Y/N at the doorway.

"Y/N, you've got to help us." Micheal pleaded.

"Wait but where's..."

Her blood ran cold as knowing the fact that Micheal wasn't watching Carla. So many possibilities could happen ever since the Volunteers are getting suspicious and and Eren and the Yeagerists are on the loose. Carla doesn't know that she is one of the most important people on Earth who could or could not stop all of this... yet she hasn't even been taught what Eldians and Marleyans are.

"Nicolo, hand me the knife." Mr. Braus said. Nicolo hands Mr. Braus the knife as Mia looked up in horror.

"Mr. Braus. Stop it." Hange warned.

"Sasha was a hunter. At a young age, her and Micheal went into the forest to shoot arrows at animals we could eat. But as the world got bigger, we had to give up that lifestyle. So I sent her into a bigger forest: the real world. So she grew up in that forest, shot people far yonder, then got herself shot. I like to think of it as... she got too lost in the forest." Mr. Braus said as he handed Mrs. Braus the knife.

"Nicolo, let Ben go." Mrs. Braus asked.

Jean and Connie went to restrain Nicolo as Armin and Y/N went to help Ben and Mikasa checked up on Mia.

"Do you have any wounds?" Mikasa asked.

"You really don't... hate me?" Mia asked and as those words left her mouth, Kaya comes running in with a knife gripped into her hand. Before the blade could draw blood, Mikasa stopped it.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Kaya cried as Mrs. and Mr. Braus restrained her. "SHE WAS MY SISTER! YOU MURDERER! YOU TOOK MY SISTER AWAY!"

"Let's take her to another room." Armin suggests as Y/N stood with him. Mikasa nods and walks Mia to another room.

Y/N sits at the table as her restless foot taps the ground. "You should kill me. Not Falco. Falco didn't do anything." Mia said.

"We're not going to kill you." Armin said.

"Why? I shot you comrade, I beat a guard with a brick. That should be enough." Mia said.

"We're not going to kill you, alright?" Y/N says.

"Yeah, but I'm sure you want to." Mia argues.

"No we don't. Kill this, kill that, it's all you ever talk about. You remind me of someone..." Armin says and Y/N knew exactly who he was talking about.

"Hey... Why the hell was Carla's care-taker here at the restaurant?" Y/N asked and Armin and Mikasa's eyes widen slightly.

"Huh? Who?" Armin asked.

"Micheal. I didn't know he was a Braus but... he's suppose to be taking care of Carla right now... Where's Carla?" Y/N asked and Mikasa and Armin's eyes only widen as they tried to say something but nothing came out of their mouths to Y/N'S question.

As Y/N was about to charge out and leave the room she opens the door to be met with the gloomy and tired face of Eren hoovering over her. Her eyes widen at the sudden closeness since she was about to walk out the door. She gulps and stands back.

"Eren...?" Y/N said. Eren doesn't respond but drags Y/N by the arm and sat her down next to him. Although Y/N didn't like that harsh action of his, she just complied since she was in a room with a wanted man.

Eren finally placed his hand on the table and saw scarlet blood dripping out of it from the cut on his palm. Next to Y/N she can feel Mia(Gabi) shaking as it was a pregnant silence.
(b4 y'all start commenting about having sex with silence, pregnant silence means a silence it waiting for something)

"We're leaving!" a voice from the other side of the door said.

"Okay." Eren called out.

"Was that Floch's voice?" Armin asked.

"Yeah... I wanted to talk with you guys..." Eren says.

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Jean gripped onto Nicolo's collar and pushed him up against a wall. "What the hell do you mean Zeke's spinal fluid is in the wine?!" Jean yelled.

"I don't have any proof but the Survey Ship held so much of it. More than any ship should. I was also ordered to offer it to the higher-ups only." Nicolo says.

"Who ordered you?" Hange says as they kept using the water to wash out the boys mouth while Connie was trying to help Micheal wash his mouth.

"Yelena." Nicolo said and Hange immediately turned to Onyankopon.

"I didn't know! I swear!" Onyankopon said.

"Stop trying it, man. I already swallowed the wine. There's nothing we can do." Micheal said to Connie.

"When someone ingests Zeke's spinal fluid don't they freeze up?!" Connie asked.

"That's what Zeke said but we don't have proof nor any witnesses." Hange responded.

"Micheal..." Mrs. Braus muttered as a tear fell down her cheek. Micheal's eyes widen as he takes a step back.

"Mom... Dad... stay away from me... just in case." Micheal says.

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(MANGA SPOILERS)

"I wanted to speak with you guys. Just a quiet chat... conflict is not necessary to solve Eldia's problems. Hange and the other will be fine. We're just relocating them." Eren says.

"...We're the ones who wanted to talk to you. We just wanted to know what you were thinking. Why did you decide to attack Marley? Have Zeke and Yelena really one you over on their side...?" Armin asked.

It was quiet for a moment as Eren rocked in his chair. "I am FREE." Eren says.

"..eh?"

"Whatever I do. Whatever I choose. I do it out of my own free will." Eren says.

"You met with Yelena in secret. Was that out of your own free will?" Armin asked.

"That's right." Eren says.

"No." Mikasa intervened. "You're being controlled. The real Eren would never involve innocent civilians and children in war. Even if they lived in an enemy state. You've always cared and thought about other people. You saved me from those kidnappers... and wrapped this scarf around me... because you're a kind person, right?" Mikasa asked as she brought her hand to the red scarf she always wears.

"I said keep your hands on the table." Eren glared and Mikasa put her hands back on the table in defeat.

"I hid myself in Liberio. Talked to Zeke... brother to brother. I learned a lot then. Zeke knows more than Marley does." Eren said.

"Oh, yeah? Like what?" Y/N asked with attitude dripping from her tone.

"Armin. You're stilling going to see Annie, aren't you?" Eren asked and Armin immediately freaked out. "Is that your free will...? Or Bertolt's?"

"Wha-" Armin gulps. "What do you mean?!"

"If memories play a big part in forming who a person is, part of you has become Bertolt. An enemy soldier who feels love towards another enemy soldier. If you have Bertolt's judgement, then there's no hope for you leading Eldia or helping it. You're judgment has always been sharp and clever and you never backed down from the enemy... but now... whenever you open your mouth, all you say is "let's talk this" and "let's talk that"." Eren said and as this point Y/N's blood was boiling. "You're absolutely useless." Eren says.

As those words left Eren's mouth, Y/N bit off her thumb and made her blood drip from the table as well. Eren only stared at her boredly as she glared.

"Eren. What're are you doing?" Mikasa asked.

"...I learned about Ackermans there, too. The reason you're so strong, Mikasa... is because the Ackermans' are an accidental byproduct Titan science experiment that allows an Ackerman to manifest the strength of a Titan without turning into one. The Ackerman Clan was designed to protect Eldia's king. Traces of instincts still remain. So when Ackermans sense the presence of a certain host, traits that are inherent in their blood will activate." Eren explains

"Huh?" Mikasa says.

"In other words, you only cling to me... because of your Ackerman instincts. In that moment, when you were facing death, you obeyed my order... to fight. All of the conditions were met to awaken the instincts hidden in your Ackerman blood. Not only did this heighten you physical abilities to an extreme... you gained every battle experience of all the past Ackermans by the way of the paths. All because your blood mistakenly thought I was the host you had to protect." Eren said.

"... that can't be." Mikasa says.

"It can't? How so?" Eren asked.

"It wasn't a mistake..." Mikasa says then smiles. "It was because of you...! I was able to become strong."

"...according to the research... Ackermans often find themselves having sudden headaches of their true selves trying to resist protecting their host. Sound farmiliar?" Eren asked.

"...No." Mikasa lied.

"...what I'm saying is that the real Mikasa disappeared in the mountain at nine years old. Only leaving you behind, ever so faithful to your Ackerman instincts." Eren said.

"No... I..." Mikasa said but no words came out.

"A clan created to follow orders... at the cost of losing their true selves. In other words, slaves." Eren says.

"Eren...!" Y/N warned.

"Do you want to know what I hate most in this world? Anyone who isn't free. That, or cattle. Just looking at them made me so angry. Now I finally understand. I couldn't stand to look at someone who was a slave who only followed orders." Eren said.

"Eren, stop!" Armin yelled.

"Ever since... I was a kid... Mikasa. I've always hated you." Eren said as Mikasa's eyes go teary.

"Eren! What is your deal?!" Y/N yells as she finally broke loose and jolted from the table slamming her hands on the table as Mikasa whimpered.

Once again, that cold expression that wears on Eren's face was shown. "I learned about the origins of the Thunder Titan, too." Eren says

"And?! Does anyone who inherits the Thunder Titan become a slave as well and are you going to tell me you hate me after everything we've been through?!" Y/N yells.

"Samuel." Eren says which makes Y/N stop in cold blood to that name. "Have you ever heard of the name... Samuel?" Eren asked as Y/N stared wide in the eyes at Eren's hooded ones.

Y/N slowly sat back down in her chair still having the same surprised expression.

"Judging by your reaction, you know that name. You must have gotten Samuel's memories, then. Just like I thought you would." Eren said and Y/N grew more confused.

"How do you...?"

"Two thousand years ago, Founder Ymir was a slave. She loved another man who was also a slave. His name was Samuel Belair. But then Founder Ymir got her Titan powers and was forced to marry King Fritz of Eldia." Eren says as Y/N'S breath hitches.

"Wha..."

"They say the two still kept their love a secrecy even when Ymir married King Fritz. They would always meet at a tree in the forest every night. Samuel was still a slave so he watched from afar as Founder Ymir was forced to bare children with King Fritz... One day when they were going to meet in the forest again, one of the townsmen hunting that night caught them and reported them to King Fritz. King Fritz knew he couldn't kill Founder Ymir since she had an undying body so he sent Samuel out into the woods as King Fritz's knights chased him."

"Samuel was then stuck in the woods while being in a huge thunder storm. A bad one. Then, that night, Samuel died by getting struck by thunder. But that was also the same night Founder Ymir died, as well. Since Samuel was connected with Founder Ymir, he was able to go the paths since Founder Ymir did not want him to die and was connected to him. Ymir resurrected him again by turning him into a Titan shifter and in return, Samuel vowed that him and the future inheriter's of the Thunder Titan cannot fight against the Founder using the power of the Titans. That also one of the reasons why the Thunder Titan is second superior to all of the 10 Titans." Eren explains.

"And? Are you going to call me a slave because I can't fight you?" Y/N asked.

"Not just that... part of you has become Samuel." Eren says.

"Huh?"

"Y/N... what was your whole objective and goal when coming here? What was it...? It was to protect the Founder." Eren says and Y/N's eyes widened. "Your goal was to find and protect the Founder, was it not? See... every person who inherits the Thunder Titan has Samuel guiding them. Samuel is guiding you. As when you found out I had the Founding Titan, you became unseparable from me. Was that your free will? Or Samuel's?" Eren asked.

"Its-Its my free will." you said. "I... felt love towards you... because you made me feel that way."

"Wrong. What happened when you found out I was the Founder? Tell me, Y/N... what did you do?" Eren asked.

Y/N's eyes widened even more and her heart crushes when she remembers what happened that day. Y/N... kissed Eren.

"I... Kissed you..." Y/N said.

"Why did you kiss me?" Eren asked.

"...Because I love you."

"Bullshit." Eren immediately said. "At the cadet corps, you were the exact replica of Annie. Not giving a shit about anyone or anything. Always acting cold and distant. But for some hell of a reason... when you found out I had the Founder in me... you kissed me. Tell me how that adds up." Eren says and Y/N could feel the tears and over whelming anxiety fill her up.

"I..." Y/N opened her mouth but no words came out.

"It was all fake love. Everything was fake. I couldn't believe I was that stupid. Everything we did, it wasn't me and you... no... it was Ymir and Samuel. The Samuel inside of you thought I was Ymir because I had the Founder and decided to feel love towards me. When I found out about this, I felt like such an idiot." Eren said and Y/N let a tear roll down her cheek.

"If you still think you aren't being controlled by Samuel... have you ever had a disliking towards anyone with royal blood?" Eren asked and the more and more Eren talked the more Y/N's heart got shattered even more. "Zeke or Historia? I remember. That day I smiled at her for being happy, you didn't get mad because it was jealousy, you got mad because Samuel got mad. Samuel hates the royal family." Eren says.

"Just... please stop." Y/N pleaded.

"I'm just exposing how fake you are." Eren replied.

"It's not... fake... I truly love you." Y/N said with a crack in her voice as her breath shook.

"Not just that it's fake... you're a slave, too. You dont truly love me and I don't truly love you. So I'll break us free. I'll break you free. Y/N, look me in the eye and tell me you hate me or I'll do it." Eren ordered.

"Eren! Just stop!" Armin yelled.

"I... can't... You can't just stop loving someone... And if I did say it... it would be a lie." Y/N says.

"Do it, Y/N... and you can prove to me you're not a slave." Eren said as his glare hardened.

"...No... I don't want to..." Y/N says as more tears fell down.

Eren's loosened up from his tenseness and sighed deeply as his scowl disappeared and a stoic expression came across his face. He then looked directly into Y/N's eyes.

"Y/N... It was fake. So I'm breaking free. I hate you." Eren said. Armin let out a war cry and went across the table to punch Eren in the face.

"Mr. Yeager!" a guard called out.

Eren groaned as he stood up. "It's fine... So... Armin... We've never fought before. You wanna know why?" Eren asked as he picked Armin by the collar. "Because you'd never even stand a chance!" Eren said as he swung his fist to Armin's face.

Mikasa went to Armin's side as Y/N sat paralyzed next to Mia(Gabi) at the table. "Freedom, huh? Is this the type of freedom you want? The freedom to hurt Mikasa and Y/N? Tell me... who's the real slave to a piece of crap." Armin glared up at Eren.

"Tsk, who are you calling a slave? C'mon. Let's go. You too. The brat who killed Sasha." Eren ordered.

"Where?" Armin asked.

"Shiganshina District."

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In Shiganshina District, Carla shyly walks around as people towered over her. All she wanted was to be somewhere safe. She wanted to know what was happening. She saw a local pub and entered it.

"Hello, welcome in!- Oh! Uh... hey..." a beautiful woman said. "Where... are you're parents?" she asked.

"Somewhere I don't know. Can I have water and a newspaper of the latest issue?" Carla asked and the womans eyes widen at her sudden demand.

"Uh, sure... go sit over there." the waitress said as she pointed to a table. Carla made her way over to the table. Concern looks came from some people, perverted smirks also made their way from some men. Carla didn't know why everyone was staring at her... she was just getting a glass of water, right?

She sat down and the waitress brought and glass of water and a newspaper. Carla drunk the water as she tried to make out what the newspaper was saying but couldn't.

The only words she could make out was 'Yeager' since Micheal taught her how to write and read her own name but was confused as to why the name 'Yeager' was on there.

She looked around the pub to see if anyone could read it for her.

The only ones left in the pub was a group of men who kept laughing with each other and drinking and a scary and intimidating man who wore a suit and a hat while smoking a cigarette. The group if men keep sending smirks at Carla while Carla knew she would receive a glare from the man sitting alone in the corner of the pub so Carla decides...

...she's going to see help from the group of men.

She walks up to the group of men with the newspaper in her hand. "Can one of you read this for me, please?" Carla asked.

"She doesn't even know how to read?"

"It's good to get them when they're young."

"We'll only read it if you come to our place, okay?" one of them said.

"Okay..." Carla agreed and they started walking out of the pub when one of them put a hand on her butt which she yelps to. "Don't touch me there... I don't like that..." Carla says.

They burst into laughter. "Haha... No."

"Let her go." a cold voice said behind them. Carla and the rest of the men turn around to see the same man from the corner of the pub boredly lighting another cigarette as he let the smoke come out of his mouth. His hair was jet black and curly but was covered by a black panama hat and was in a black suit.

"And what will you do?" one of the men ask.

"Beat you up until you're a pulp. You don't think I'm crazy enough to do that. You all are fat... meaning you got meat or fatness inside your bodies. Either way, if I kill you I can cut your body parts up and collect the organs to sell on the black market of the Underground District. How does that sound?" the man asked with a maniac like smirk and the group of men gulp at his craziness and walk out of the pub.

The man's expression disappears as he goes in to smoke another cigarette.

"Thank you... but were you really going to do that?" Carla asked.

"Yeah? Why wouldn't I? Gotta get that money." the man said as he sat back down at his table.

"I know you already did so much for me but.... do you think you can read this for me?" Carla asked as she placed the newspaper on the table. The man raised an eyebrow before scanning the news paper with one long leg crossed over the other.

"Why would you want to be learning about this?" the man asked.

"Because... I can't really say but... prisoners want me. That girl," Carla pointed to Marlene. "tried kidnapping me but I ran away." Carla said and the man nodded.

The man scanned and analyzed the newspaper for a while before throwing it on the table and sighing. "Basically a guy who can turn into a Titan went to an enemy state and mass genocide the area and people are praising him for it and demanding that he should be released." the man said as he tapped out the ash of the cigarette.

"Titan? What's a Titan?" Carla asked and the man groaned.

"I am not going to go through a whole history lesson with you so ask something else." The man said as he rolled his eyes.

"Uh... ok... fair enough... who is the man?" Carla asked.

"I don't know... was it... Airhead Yeezers? Wait..." the man then picked up the newspaper again and read it. "Ohh, it's Eren Yeager." the man said and Carla's eyes widen at the name 'Yeager'.

"Yeager? My surname is Yeager." Carla said.

"You sure? Eren Yeager does have a daughter." the man says.

Carla thought for awhile as she thought of what was happening. According to the man, the public wants her 'possible' father to be released from jail.

"Maybe the reason why that tall women wanted to kidnap me was because I was related to Eren Yeager? To be held as a hostage?" Carla thought. She then realized she was stand there in front of the man as he silently smoked the cigarette from five minutes.

"Oh! Thank you... Mr...?" Carla says as she looks up from her bow.

The man smirked. "Just call me Mr. Värga. Don't get kidnapped." Mr. Värga said and Carla smiled while leaving the pub yelling out one more thank you.

As she walked the streets of Shiganshina, she saw two kids sharing a bread together. She looked at them thinking that that was what friendship looked like. Carla has never had a friend. Just as she was about to try and talk to them, a flying debris of rubble crashes over the two kids and blood splatters.

Carla's eyes widen as she looks up to see a castle like building letting out boulders and a huge giant creature with a long mouth there as well.

"Oh no... it's happening again..."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:
this is the longest
chapter I have ever
wrote in my life...
ANYWAYS LOOK
AT THIS FANART
OF CARLA

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MUCH THIS IS
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